Schedule – Archive 2021

20 January 2021 | Ultraschall Festival Berlin | World Premiere / LIVE Radio Concert | from the Haus des Rundfunks (Großer Sendesaal des rbb), 8 p.m.
Konstantia Gourzi: messages between the trees for viola and bourdon (2020)
Viola: Nils Mönkemeyer
more…

Link to the Radio-Concert | 20  January 2021, 8 p.m.
Repeat of the concert on Deutschlandfunk | 21 January 2021, 9 p.m.

Interview with Nils Mönkemeyer (in German)| rbb Radio, 20 January 2021, 5:10 p.m.

21 January 2021 | CD Release Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt – Beethoven Homage | Eight World Premieres | Ambiente Audio
World premieres by Martina Eisenreich, Konstantia Gourzi, Marco Hertenstein, Dorothea Hofmann, Evelyn Huber, Birgit Stolzenburg, Enjott Schneider
New composition by Konstantia Gourzi: Néome, trio for clarinet, percussion and piano
ensemble oktopus and soloists
Christian Benning: vibraphone, Slava Cernavca: clarinet, Evelyn Huber: harp, Carlos Vera Larrucea: percussion, Wolfgang Lohmeier: percussion, Kai Rapsch: English horn
Conductor: Konstantia Gourzi

26 January 2021 | World-premiere | Deutschland Funk, 9 p.m.
Repeat of the concert from Ultraschall Festival Berlin, 20 January 2021
Link

29 January 2021 | World Premiere | Concert Hall, Joseph Keilberth Hall, Bamberg, 8 p.m.
Konstantia Gourzi: Variation 21 for orchestra
Commissioned by the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra for “The encore! project
Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Cristian Macelaru
CONCERT IS CANCELLED

30 January 2021 | World Premiere | Theater, Schweinfurt, 7.30 p.m.
Konstantia Gourzi: Variation 21 for orchestra
Commissioned by the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra for “The encore! project
Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Cristian Macelaru
CONCERT WILL BE POSTPONED

31 January 2021 | World Premiere | City Theater, Guided, 7.30 p.m.
Konstantia Gourzi: Variation 21 for orchestra
Commissioned by the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra for “The encore! project
Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Cristian Macelaru
CONCERT IS CANCELLED

22 February 2021 | Radio Recording | RSO Vienna
Konstantia Gourzi: Gedichte zu Prometheus
Orchestra: Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna
Conductor: Marin Alsop

26 February 2021 | Round Table | Düsseldorf
Round Table “Women Conductors”
State Parliament NRW Düsseldorf

1 March 2021 | 2x listen Contemporary | Konzerthaus Berlin, Werner-Otto-Saal, 8 p.m.
Konstantia Gourzi: Hommage à Mozart – three dialogues for viola and piano
Viola: Nils Mönkemeyer
Piano: William Youn
THE CONCERT WILL BE POSTPONED

13 March 2021 | Radio broadcast Deutschland Funk | Klassik-Pop-et cetera, 10 a.m.
Moderation: Konstantia Gourzi
Link to the Radio show

25 March 2021 | World Premiere | Megaron, Concert Hall Athens, 5 p.m. (MEZ) / 6 p.m. (OEZ)
Konstantia Gourzi: The Dance of 21 for Orchestra
Commissioned by the Athens State Orchestra (KOA)
Orchestra: Athens State Orchestra (KOA)
Conductor: Stefanos Tsialis
THE CONCERT WILL BE POSTPONED

27-28 April 2021 | Jury | Dirigentenforum des Deutschen Musikrates
Selection conducting for the admission of new scholarship holders to the Conductors’ Forum
Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra

30 April 2021 | CD Release | Anájikon | ECM New Series
with Nils Mönkemeyer, William Youn, Lucerne Academy Orchestra, Minguet Quartett

02 May 2021 | Concert | Rostock, 5 p.m.
Signum Quartet
Konstantia Gourzi: No. 2 “P-Ilion, 9 Fragments of an Eternity”, Op. 33/2
Further works by Mozart, Fokkens, Schubert, Bach, Beethoven and Webern

18 May 2021 | Concert | Großer Saal Hochschule für Musik und Theater München, 7 p.m.
Livestream concert broadcast | BR Klassik Radio
Michael Nyman: For Cage
Magnus Lindberg: Ottoni
Sofia Gubaidulina: Quattro
George Aperghis: Ruins
Roman Haubenstock-Ramati: Constellation
Peter Ablinger: White/white 3
ensemble oktopus
Trombone solo: Mikael Rudolfsson
Conductor: Konstantia Gourzi

9 June 2021 | World Premiere | Megaron, Athens Concert Hall, Audio and Video Recording
Konstantia Gourzi: The Dance of 21 for orchestra
Commissioned by the Athens State Orchestra (KOA)
Orchestra: Athens State Orchestra (KOA)
Conductor: Stefanos Tsialis

13 June 2021 | Concert broadcast from 2 May | Grundton D, Deutschlandfunk
Signum Quartet
Konstantia Gourzi: No. 2 “P-Ilion, 9 Fragments of an Eternity”, Op. 33/2
Further works by Mozart, Fokkens, Schubert, Bach, Beethoven and Webern
more…

22 June 2021 | Jury | NOPeras!
1st jury meeting for project selection. Art Foundation NRW

29 June 2021 | Premiere | #GoldbergReflections at Konzerthaus Berlin, 9 p.m.
Konstantia Gourzi: lullabies for three flowers
for violin and string orchestra, world premiere
commissioned composition by Niklas Liepe
ensemble reflections
violin, conductor: Niklas Liepe

2 July 2021 | Premiere | #GoldbergReflections at Stahlhallen am Südbahnhof | Liepe & Co. Festival 2021
Konstantia Gourzi: lullabies for three flowers
for violin and string orchestra, world premiere
Commissioned composition by Niklas Liepe
NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Violin: Niklas Liepe
Conductor: Christoph Koncz

7 July 2021 | World Premiere | Orangerie im Rosenpark, Festival Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, 6 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Two Cavaliers in the Rose Park
Works by Debussy, Brahms, Hertenstein, Franck and
Konstantia Gourzi: Melodies from the Sea for viola and piano, world premiere
Viola: Nils Mönkemeyer
Piano: William Youn

13 July 2021 | Radio Concert | Horizonte: In memoriam Louis Andriessen, 10:05-11:00 p.m.
Horizons – the new music series on BR-KLASSIK
WILL BE POSTPONED

16 July 2021 | Concert | Klimt Villa Vienna
Auner Quartet
Works by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Ludwig van Beethoven and
Konstantia Gourzi: Anájikon, the Angel in the Blue Garden

17 July 2021 | Concert – World Premiere | Hydra Island, 9 p.m.
Konstantia Gourzi: Three Songs for Hydra – The Rock of Freedom
Commissioned by the Municipality of Hydra in cooperation with the German Embassy in Athens
String quartet: Aris Quartett
Piano: William Youn
Soprano: Alexia Voulgaridou

19 July 2021 | Concert | Novi Vinodolski
Auner Quartet
Works by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Ludwig van Beethoven and
Konstantia Gourzi: Anájikon, the Angel in the Blue Garden

20 July 2021 | Concert | Porec
Auner Quartet
Works by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Ludwig van Beethoven and
Konstantia Gourzi: Anájikon, the Angel in the Blue Garden

21 July 2021 | Concert | Rovinj
Auner Quartet
Works by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Ludwig van Beethoven and
Konstantia Gourzi: Anájikon, the Angel in the Blue Garden

29 July 2021 | Concert | 5th Dodoni Festival | Ancient Theater of Dodoni, 9 p.m.
Auner Quartet
Works by Nikos Skalkottas, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Ludwig van Beethoven and Konstantia
Gourzi: Anájikon, the Angel in the Blue Garden
In cooperation with Austrian Embassy Athens, 5 th Dodoni Festival, Zografeio School, the Center
for Greek-Austrian Interface Information

31 July 2021 | Concert | Hydra Island, 9 p.m.
Auner Quartet
Works by Nikos Skalkottas, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Ludwig van Beethoven and Konstantia
Gourzi: Anájikon, the Angel in the Blue Garden
In cooperation with the Austrian Embassy Athens, the Center for Greek-Austrian Interface
Information and the Municipality in Hydra

4 August 2021 | Concert | Ljubljana
Auner Quartet
Works by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Ludwig van Beethoven and
Konstantia Gourzi: Anájikon, the Angel in the Blue Garden

8 August, 2021 | Concert | Chamber Music Mettlach, 11 a.m.
Works by Debussy, Brahms, Franck and
Konstantia Gourzi: Melodies from the Sea for viola and piano, world premiere
Viola: Nils Mönkemeyer
Piano: William Youn

18 August 2021 | World Premiere – Concert | Molyvos International Music Festival, 9 p.m.
New work: Songs for Hellas
Piano: Danae and Kiveli Dörken
Tenor: Julian Prégardien
Commissioned by the Molyvos Festival in cooperation with the German Embassy in Athens

5 September 2021| World Premiere | Auditorium, Grafenegg, 11.00 a.m.
Konstantia Gourzi: Ypsilon, A Poem for Trumpet and Orchestra,
Commissioned work of the Grafenegg Festival
Ludwig von Beethoven: Triple Concerto for Piano, Violin, Violoncello and Orchestra in C major op. 56
Tonkünstler Orchestra
Simon Höfele (trumpet), Emmanuel Tjeknavorian (violin), Harriet Krijgh (violoncello), Rudolf
Buchbinder (piano, conductor)
Konstantía Gourzí, conductor
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7 September, 2021 | Radio broadcast “rubato” Radioklassik am Staphansdom | “rubato” with Ursula Magnes, 11-12 a.m.
Portrait: Konstantia Gourzi

8 September 2021 | World Premiere – Concert “Musical Poems for Nature” | Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Dorfkirche Grünz, 7.30 p.m.
Konstantia Gourzi: premiere of the works call of the bees, messages between trees, wind whispers, evening at
the window II, melodies from the sea, a love song
Viola: Nils Mönkemeyer
Piano: William Youn
more…

8 September 2021 | Concert | Klimt Villa Vienna
Auner Quartet
Works by W. A. Mozart, Franz Schubert, Ludwig van Beethoven and
Konstantia Gourzi: Anájikon, the Angel in the Blue Garden
more…

12 September 2021 | Concert | Musica Femina Vienna
Auner Quartet
Works by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Ludwig van Beethoven and
Konstantia Gourzi: Anájikon, the Angel in the Blue Garden

12 September 2021 | Concert of the Duo Gazzana | XVII Festival of Classical Music, Castiglione del Lago, Palazzo della Corgna, 9.15 p.m.
Konstantia Gourzi: Hommage a Mozart – three Dialogues for Violin and Piano, Italian Premiere
Violin: Natascia Gazzana
Piano: Rafaella Gazzana

17 September | Concert | Hofmusikkapelle Vienna
Auner Quartet
Works by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Ludwig van Beethoven and
Konstantia Gourzi: Anájikon, the Angel in the Blue Garden

26 September 2021 | Reading with music |Via Nova – Corvey Art Festival | Corvey, Kaisersaal, 11 a.m.
Reading with music… that had carried the ships of Odysseus
Reading Christoph Ransmayr with music
works by Valentin Silvestrov, Arvo Pärt, Tõnu Kõrvits, Johann Sebastian Bach
Konstantia Gourzi: Hommage a Mozart – three Dialogues for Violin and Piano, DEA
Duo Gazanna
Violin: Natascia Gazzana
Piano: Rafaella Gazzana

27 September 2021 | 2x listen Contemporary | Konzerthaus Berlin, Werner-Otto-Saal, 8 p.m.
Konstantia Gourzi: Hommage à Mozart – three dialogues for viola and piano
Viola: Nils Mönkemeyer
Piano: William Youn

30 September 2021 | Jury | NOperas!
2nd jury meeting for the selection of the prizewinners-In. Art Foundation NRW

8 October 2021 | Photo Exhibition Athens “Vibration” | Eleni Paridi | Gallery Luminous Eye, Mitsaion 2A, 11742 Athens, 8 p.m.
Images: Eleni Paridi, Music: Konstantia Gourzi

9 October 2021 | Concert | “Music and Painting” – Music in Image and Sound | Pictures and Music for Violoncello solo | Wilhelm Exnergasse 34, 1090 Vienna, 5 p.m.
Works by Ilse Fromm-Michaels, Adriane Muttenthaler, Morgana Petrik, Julia Purgina and Nancy Van de Vate and
Konstantia Gourzi: Jasmine Aria
Violoncello: Ursula Erhart-Schwertmann

10 October 2021 | Concert “What I feel now…” | Small Concert Hall Gasteig, Munich
Music from the pen of contemporary female composers
Works by Dorothea Hofmann, Eva Sindichakis, Barbara Heller, Katrin Schweiger, Martina Eisenreich, Yasuko Yamaguchi, Mayako Kubo, Masako Ohta and
Konstantia Gourzi: “noch fürcht’ich” for piano solo
Piano: Masako Ohta

17 October 2021 | Concert “Verdandi-Duo & Camerata 21″| SMall Concert Hall Gasteig, Munich, 7:30 p.m.
Works by Konstantia Gourzi, Dorothea Hofmann, Rebecca Clarke, Gloria Coates, Dorothee Eberhardt, Elke Tober-Vogt and others
Konstantia Gourzi: Three short moments for flute solo
Verdandi-Duo: Ilona Cudek (violin), Elke Funk-Hoever (violoncello)
Camerata 21: Barbara Hesse-Bachmaier (mezzo-soprano), Monika Olszak (flute, alto flute, alto saxophone)
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21 October 2021 | Concert | SWR Schwetzingen Festival | 7:30 p.m.
Works by Hildegard von Bingen, J. S. Bach, Oswald, Bartók, Cage, Berio & Gourzi
Work: Messages between trees (version for viola and recorder)
viola: Nils Mönkemeyer
recorders: Dorothee Oberlinger

21 October 2021 | Radio program “Doppelkopf” | hr2 Kultur with Eckhard Roelcke, 12:05 p.m. and 11:05 p.m.
Portrait: Konstantia Gourzi

6 November 2021 | Concert and World Premiere | Bad Lausick, Leipzig, 5 p.m.

Nikos Skalkottas: Kleftikos (Arrangement: Vikentios Gionanidis)
Beethoven: Egmont Overture
Nikos Skalkottas: Greek dances (arrangement: Vikentios Gionanidis)
Richard Wagner: Auszug der Heere (from the opera Lohengrin)
Konstantia Gourzi: Transformation 21 (world premiere), commissioned by the Sächsische Bläserphilharmonie
Dimitri Shostakovich: 9th Symphony, IV./V. Movement
Orchestra: Saxon Wind Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Konstantia Gourzi

09 November 2021 | Exhibition and Concert | Opening Exhibition Alexander Polzin | German Embassy House New York, 7 p.m.
Konstantia Gourzi: Hommage a Mozart – three Dialogues for Violin and Piano, American Premiere
Violin: Eoin Andersen
Piano: Benjamin Hochman

11 November 2021 | Radio Concert | Horizonte: In memoriam Louis Andriessen, 10:05-11:00 p.m.
Horizons – the new music series on BR-KLASSIK

13 November 2021 | Festival code modern: Time for Contemporary Music | Talk: Inner Voice@Schlehdorfer_SALON| Cohaus Kloster Schlendorf, 82444 Schlendorf, 7:30 p.m.
Participants: Sylvia Schreiber / BR Klassik (moderator), Dr. Ulrich Schäfert (Kunstpastoral Erzdiözese München Freising), Claire Sirjacobs (oboe), Armando Merino (conductor), Konstantia Gourzi (composer, conductor)

14 November 2021 | Concert | Musical Devotion| Parish Church of St. Tertulin, 82444 Schlendorf, 6 p.m.
Works by Klaus Huber, Giacinto Scelsi and
Konstantia Gourzi: Astrolávos, the Angel at the Bottom of the Sea, Nine constellations for oboe solo
Konstantia Gourzi: Beauty, for ensemble
Spatial art: Manuela Hartel
Ensemble: der/gelbe/klang
Oboe solo: Claire Sirjacobs
Conductor: Armando Merino

24 November 2021 | Concert | Hommage a Roberto Gerhard on the occasion of his 125th birthday – a musical mosaic from Spain | Reaktorhalle Munich, 7 p.m.
Works by Roberto Gerhard, Luis de Pablo, Irene Galindo Quero and Elena Mendoza
Ensemble: ensemble oktopus
Conductors: Konstantia Gourzi, Armando Merino